The
IDF stated that a group of about 300 Palestinians approached the borderfence
in the southern Gaza Strip and held a violent disturbance along
theborder.

A number of the Palestinians attempted to break
through the border fence intoIsrael. IDF soldiers initially fired shots into
the air, but when warnings werenot heeded, shots were directed at the
suspects' legs, according to th IDF.

One armed Palestinian was
apprehended in Israeli territory after having crossedthe fence and was
returned to Gaza by soldiers, the IDF stated.

A Hamas spokesman accused
Israel of violating the Egyptian-mediated truce andsaid the group would
complain to Cairo.

Medics said Anwar Qdeih, 23, was hit in the head by
Israeli gunfire after heapproached the security fence that runs along the
Gaza frontier -- an area thatIsrael has long declared a no-go zone for
Gazans.